Construction operations manual of policies and procedures [electronic resource]

Responsibility [edited] by Sidney M. Levy, Andrew M. Civitello, Jr. Edition 5th ed. Imprint New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC, c2014. Physical description 672 p. : ill. Series McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.

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Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator Levy, Sidney M., author. Contributor Civitello, Andrew M., 1954- author.

Contents/Summary

A. About the authors
B. Preface
C. Introduction
D. What this manual will do for you
1. Section 1: company organization and quality assurance program
Section description and use
Company statement of operations
Organizational structure and corporate staff functions
Organization charts
Jobsite structures—large and small projects
Document generation, signing authorities, and communication
Quality concept and quality policy
Business development approach and project participation
Marketing services and support
2. Section 2: company and project administration
Section description
Use of the operations manual
Correspondence
Files and file management
Recovering a letter previously mailed
Field labor time reporting
Administrative time reporting
Project administrative activity list
Expenses and reimbursements
3. Section 3: general contracts
Section description
Contract structures, relationships, and the contracting parties
Responsibilities of the contracting parties
General principles of contracts as applied to construction
Key principles of general contracts
General contract bonds and insurance
Shop drawing "approval"
Equals and substitutions
Responsibility to "coordinate": use and abuse
The schedule of values
Requisitions for payment and contract retainage
Liquidated damages
Guarantees and warranties
4. Section 4: project engineering
Section description
Trade contracts and subcontracts
Project files
Subcontractor summary and telephone log
Subcontractor/supplier reference form
Transmittal form letter procedure and use
Subcontract and purchase order distribution procedure
Subcontractor schedule of values
Shop drawing and submittal management
Submittal requirements and procedures
Subcontractor delivery requirements
Request for information
Project meetings
Preparing for project close-outs at project start-up
Securing lien waivers
Securing subvendor certified payroll reports
Backcharges
The punchlist: expediting final completion
Securing subcontractor/supplier guarantees and warranties
Subvendor performance evaluation
Project close-out checklist
Productivity
5. Section 5: site superintendence
The site superintendent function—section description
Responsibilities of the site superintendent
Field organization
Site utilization program
Field office mobilization
Jobsite administrative mobilization
Jobsite mobilization checklist
Subcontractor summary and jobsite phone log book
Daily field report
Equipment use release form
Preconstruction survey
Field engineering, layout, and survey control
Excavations—special precautions
Cutting structural elements
Control of materials embedded in concrete
Construction photographs
Managing time and material
Field purchases procedure
Winter precautions
As-built drawings
The site superintendent as project leader
Hot work permit
Jobsite equipment use, operation, and maintenance
Building commissioning and turnover to the owner
6. Section 6: safety and loss control
Section description and company policy
Safety and loss control responsibilities and employee participation
Jobsite safety program
Jobsite safety meetings
Accident investigation, reporting, and records
Osha's hazard communication standard and safety data sheets.

7. Section 7: design-build project administration
Section description
Creating the design-build team
Consideration of a new business entity
Creating the design-build team
The bridging approach to design
Extracting the owner's program
Design-build projects in the public sector
The evaluation process
Safety issues
Quality issues
Comprehensive list of contract documents issued by the design-build institute of america
8. Section 8: the preparation and processing of change orders
Section description
Contract-related change order provisions
Presentation of the pco or cor must be clear and concise
Conditions that create change orders
Types of change order requests
Costs to be considered when assemblinga change order
The construction change directive (CCD)
Roadblocks to acceptance of change orders
Protocol for change orders, premium costs, winter conditions
9. Section 9: construction disputes, claims and resolutions
General
When negotiations fail
Some disputes occur in the bid proposal process
Promissory estoppel
Other contentious disputes
The total cost approach
Differing conditions
Type i and type ii differing conditions
Owner's obligation to disclose superior knowledge
Delays and potential acceleration claims
Acceleration: recognizing a delay but requiring the contractor to meet the initial contract schedule
Claiming extended home office overhead
Alternatives to litigation: mediation, arbitration, dispute resolution, fact finding
A checklist of documents to be assembled when preparing to institute a claim
10. Section 10: progress schedules and funds analysis
Managing schedules
Schedule types and uses
Schedule preparation and development
Baseline schedule distribution and final confirmation
The cash-flow projection
Schedule updating considerations
11. Section 11: building information modeling
Section description
Why contractors value bim: the 3d approach
How does bim impact the role of the project manager?
Building information modeling: 3d, 4d, 5d
The 5d aspect of bim
12. Section 12: green buildings and sustainability
Introduction to green building and leed
How does leed work?
Public- and private-sector green buildings
Costs and financial aspects of green buildings
The learning curve for project managers and construction managers
Sustainable construction
Basic sustainable construction goalsfor site and building
The national renewable energy laboratory (NREL): lessons learned.